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EXTRACTS FROM 

CHARTS "IRISH PEDIGREES" 

{Corroborated by Burke's.) 



Kavanaugh (No. 1) Ivords of Leinster, Ireland. 
Arms: Argent, a lion passant gules, two 
crescents of the last: Crest, between the 
horns of a crescent gules, a garb or. Motto: 
'*'Siothc!hain agus Fairsenge" (Peace and 
Plenty). 

Dermad na-Ghall, who was number 113 of the 
McMorough pedigree had a son named 
Donald Caomhanaoh, who was the ancestor 
of O'Caomhanach anglicised Cavanaugh, 
Kavanaugh and a quo Cavaignae in France. 

Donal na-Ghall, (114) son of Donoch Mc- 
Morough died in 1171; he was the 58th King 
of Leinster. 

Donald Caomhanaoh, (115) (caomh: Irish for 
gentle; Latin, com-is; Arab "Kom" noble): 
son of Dermod or Dermot na-Ghall, mean- 
ing "Dermod of the Strangers." (This clan 

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came from Greece in the second century of 
the Christian Era) a quo Caomhanach. This 
Donald or Daniel Kavanaugh who was slain 
in 1175 was fostered at Kil Kavan, a school 
or college, he had two sons 1st Connor, who 
was slain at Athlone in 1170; and 2d Donald 
Oge. The father of these sons had a 
brother, E'anna Ceannslach, a quo Kinsella. 

Donald Oge (116) son of Donald, was Prince 
of Leinster; had two sons 1st Arthur, who 
was beheaded in 1231; 2d Muirceartach. 

Muirceartach (117) Younger son of Donald 
Oge, was Prince of Leinster. 

Muiris (118) his son; living in 1314; had two 
sons, Muirceartach and Arthur. 

Muirceartach (119) elder son of Muris Prince 
of Leinster; slain in 1327. 

Arthur Mor Kavanaugh (120) his son. Prince 
of Leinster; living in 1361, had two sons, 
Donald Mor and Arthur Oge. 

Arthur Oge (121) second son of Arthur 
Morough; living in 1417; Prince of Leinster; 

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•had two sons; Gerald and Diarmid Lansh- 
dearg. 

Diarnud Lanshdearg (122) (i. e. "Red Hand"): 
younger son of Arthur Oge, Lord of Leinster. 

Diarnud (II) (123) his son (of St. Malins.) 

Arthur Buirdhe (124) of St. Malins, and Poul- 
monty, County Carlow; his son Lord of 
Leinster. 

Cayhr MacArthur (125) his son; Lord of 
Leinster; was created for life "Baron 
Ballyanne" in 1554. 

Brian (126) his son; Lord of Leinster; died in 
1572. 

Morgan (127) his son; Lord of Leinster; died 
in 1636. 

Brian (II) (128) his son; Lord of Leinster; 
died in 1662. 

Morgan (II) (129) his son; Lord of Leinster; 
died in 1700. 

Morgan (III) (130) his son; Lord of Leinster; 
died in 1720. 



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Brian (III) (131) son of Morgan; Lord of 
Leinster; died in 1741. 

Thomas (132) son of Morgan (III) Lord of 
Leinster; died in 1789. 

Thomas (II) (133) his son; Lord of Leinster; 
died in 1837. 

Arthur McMurough Kavanaugh (134) of Bar- 
ris, his son; Chief of his name, born 25th 
March, 1831, and living in 1887. 

Kavanaugh (No. 2) of Clonmolkn, County 
Carlow, Ireland. Arms: same as Kavanaugih 
No. 1. 

Gerald (122) elder son of Arthur Oge, who is 
number 121 in the Kavanaugh (No. 1) pedi- 
gree; Prince of Leinster. 

Donald Reac (123) his son; had two sons, 
Arthur Buidhe and Muiris. 

Arthur Buidhe (124) son of Donal Reac. 

Murtagh (125) of Clonmollen county, Carlow; 
son of Arthur Buidhe; died in 1547. 



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Cahyr Carrach (126) his son. 

Donach (127) of Clonmollen; his son. 

Donald-an-Spaineach (128) (or Donald the 
Spaniard), of Clonmellon; Ihis son; died in 
1631. From this Donalid, some derive the 
sirname Spaine. 

Sir Morouch Kavanaugh (129) his son. 



Sir Moroch Kavanaugh, son of Donald-an- 
Spaineach, and his sons emigrated to Firance 
after 1690. He had two sons Philemon, and 
Colonel Charles Kavanaugh. The latter's 
regiment formed the besieging force at Derry. 
He married Mary Kavanaugh of the Borris 
famil}'-, his cousin, Captain Ignatius Kavanaugh, 
son of Colionel Charles Kavanaugh served with 
his regiment ithrough the Irish war, and with 
his father, Colonel Charles, and his brother 
James and grandfather Sir Moroch, being de- 
prived of their estates in Ireland for violating 
the treaty of Limerick, took refuge in France. 
Sir Moroch's eldest son, and second son went 

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from France to America between 1691 and 
1705. 

Colonel Charles Kavanaugh returned to 
France. His son Ignatius was Captain of a 
Grenadier Company. He married Katherine, 
daughter of Andrew Browne, of Galway of 
the Castle McGarrett family. They had three 
sons, Nicholas, Andrew and Charles and were 
living in France in 1776, 
Philemon Kavanaugh, eldest son of Sir 

Moroch Kavanaugh is the ancester of the 
"American branch of the ancient family of 
Kavanaugh." 

The names of his descendants are given 
here as nearly as careful research can furnish. 



Pedigree of ''American Branch of Ancient 

Family of Kavanaugh," Lords of 

Leinster. 



Arms: Argent, a lion passant gules: two 
crescents of the last: Crest between the horns 
of a crescent gules. 



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Motto: "Siothchain agus Fairsenge" (Peace 
and Plenty). 

Philemon (I) Kavanaugh; son of Sir Moroch 
Kavanaugh, a direct descendant of No. 121, 
(Arthur Oge) Prince of Leinster, emigrated 
from France to America with his brother 
Colonel Charles Kavanaugh, between 1691- 
1705. Charles returned to France. Philemon 
settled in Fairfax county, Virginia, after- 
wards incorporated into Culpepper county. 
The records of the county show he owned 
an estate of 40,000 acres of land. 

He had two sons; 1st Charles 2nd Phile- 
mon. 

Charles the eldest son claimed all his 
father's property, but Philemon demanded 
one-half of it. It was many years before 
the estate was settled. 

Charles (I) Kavanaugh of the "American 
Branch" son of Philemon 1st, had one 
daughter, Mildred. 

Mildred Kavanaugh, daughter of Charles (I) 
married Lewis Daviss Yancy; their children 

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are: Elizabeth, John, Richard, Charles, 
Philip, Robert and James Yancy. (See 
Addenda, page 1.) 

Philemon (II) Kavanaugh, son of Philemon 
(I) married Ann WilHams; he died in Cul- 
pepper county, Virginia, in 1764; their 
children were: Charles (II), Benjamin, 
Wililiam, Philemon (III), Anna, Mary, 
Frances, Sara/li Kavanaugh. (See Addenda, 
page i*r^ ^-i 

Charles (II), son of Philemon (II) and Ann 

Williams his wife, married Ann , They 

came from Virginia to Madison county, Ken- 
tucky, in 1776, and he died in 1796. 

Williams (I) Kavanaugh, son of Philemon (II) 
and Ann Williams, married Mary Harrison. 
They had only two sons; Charles died un- 
married and Williams (II) married Hannah 
Hubbard Hinde. 

Philemon, son of Charles (II) and Ann , 

his wife, married Elizabeth Woods; they had 
two children, William Woods Kavanaugh and 
Ann Kavanaugh. (See Addenda.) 

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Mary Kavanaugh, sister to above named 
Philemon, married Joseph Ellison. (See 
Addenda.) 

William Kavanaugh, son of Charles (II) (See 

Addenda) and Ann , his wife, married 

Hannah Woods. 

Charles (III) son of Charles (II) and Ann 

, his wife, married Francis , 

went to Tennessee. 

Joel Kavanaugh, sister to the above, married 
Peter Woods. 

Sarah Kavanaugh married James Moore. 



William Kavanaugh, son of Charles (II) 

Kavanaugh and Ann , his wife, married 

Hannah Woods; their children were: 

Susanah Kavanaugh married Isaac Duncan. 

Annie Kavanaugh married Andrew Briscoe. 

Polly Kavanaugh married Hezikiah Olidham. 

Sallie Kavanaugh married Mr. English. 

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Philemon Kavanaugh married Patsy Gilbert. 

Charles Kavanaugh married Peggy Warren. 

Archibald Kavanaugh (1) Miss Baxter. (2) 
Miss Winchester. 

Nicholas Kavanaugh married Jane Wallaice. 

William Kavanaugh married Betsy Freeman. 
They settled in Anderson county, Kentucky, 
and their children are: (See Addenda.) 

Maria Kavanaugh daughter of WilHam Kava- 
naugh and Elizabeth Freeman, married 
William Whittington. 

George W. Kavanaugh, brother of above, 
married Miss Russel Wells in 1850. He was 
judge of Anderson County Court for many 
years, and Representative of said county. 

Susan Adela Kavanaugh married William 
Whittington; his second wife was: 

Maria Kavanaugh married William Whittington. 
Their daughter Mary Adelia Whittington, late 
of Daughters College, Harrodsburg, Ken- 
tuck}^ w^as one of the best educators of the 

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time. Her pupils marked her grave with a 
handsome monument. She was one of the 
best products of the Kavanaugh family. 

Charles Nicholas Kavanaugh, son of William 
Kavanaugh and Elizabeth Freeman his wife, 
married Lucy Emma IviMard and live in 
Lawrenceburg. 

Dandridge Whitfield Kavanaugh married Har- 
riet Taylor. 

Dr. Charles Williams Kavanaugh son of Major 
William Kavanaugh and great grandson of 

Charles (H) and Ann , his wife, married 

(1) Susan Mullins; (2) Rhoda Williams; by 
his first wife he had one son, Charles 
Nicholas, and by the last two daughters, 
Aileen Gilbert Kavanaugh and Lucy Emrin 
Kavanaugh. They reside in Lawrenceburg, 
Kentucky. 

Aileen Kavanaugh daughter of Major William 
Kavanaugih of Richmond, Kentucky, and 
EMzabeth Freeman, his wife, married Dr. 
John Webster Gilbert, a descendant of Sir 

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Humphrey Gilbert; he also belongs to a 
collateral branch of the Logan family of 
which General Logan of Revolutionary fame 
was a member; he is also related to the 
Stones, Cochranes and Gilmores. 
Their children are: 

Emrin Gil'bert, Dr. J. W. Gilbert, of 
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, George Hubbard 
Gilbert, electrician of Chicago and James 
Freeman Gilbert, 

William Woods Kavanaugh, son of Philemon 
(II) married in Madison county, Kentucky, 
Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Captain John 
MiHer, founder of Richmond, Kentucky. 
Their children are: (See Addenda.) 

John Miller Kavanaugh married Semiramis 
Shelton Woods. 

Elizabeth Shelton Woods Kavanaugh married 
James Arge. 

Philemon Kavanaugh married Margaret Pal- 
mer. 

Amelia Kavanaugh married James Graham 
Denny. 

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Jane Miller Kavanaugh married (1) Tuhn 
Faulkner; (2) John W. Walker. (See 
Addenda.) 

Delany Miller Kavanaugh died unmarried. 

Archibald Woods Kavanaue^h married Dorcas 
Lackey. (See Addenda.) 



Ann Kavanaugh, da:ia:htfr of riiihnon (II) 
and sister of William W(jods Kavanaugh, 
married in 1794, Benjamin Estill. Their 
children are: 

James Estill. 

Susan Estill married William Temberlake. 

Martha Estill died childless. 

Philemon Kavanaugh Estill. 

Benjamin Estill. 

Rachel Estill married Richard Timberlake. 

Jonathan Estill married Judith Rogers. 

Sarah Estill married John McPherson. 

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Peter Woods Estill married (1) Sarah Coch- 
rane; (2) Mrs. Mary A. Timberlake, 

William Estill. (See Addenda.) 

Mary Kavanaugh, daughter of Charles Kava- 

naugh and Ann , his wife, (sister of 

Philemon Kavanaugh, who married Elizabeth 
Woods, and William Kavanaugh, who 
married Hannah W^oods) married Joseph 
Ellison a Baptist minister. Their dhildren 
are: 

Nancy Ellison married Nicholas Hocker. 

Jael Ellison married Robert Harris. 

Joseph Ellison Hocker married twice (1) 
Eliza Brassfield; (2) . 

Alfred Hocker son of Nancy Ellison and 
Nicholas Hocker, died young. 

Eliza Hocker married George W. Broadus. 

George W. Hocker died young. 

James Hocker died in infancy. 

James J. Hocker died in 1840. 

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Polly Kavanaugh daughter of William Kava- 
naugih and Hannah Woods married Hezekiah 
Oldham, son of Captain John Oldham and 
Annis Rice, his wife, and had: 

Rice Oldham married Lydonia Noland. 

Sallie Ann Oldham died in infancy. 

Ann Rice Oldham married James Noland. 

William Kavanaugh Oldham married J. 
Katherine Brown, sister of second wife of 
William Kavanaugh Hocker. 

The children of William Kavanaugh Old- 
ham and wife Katherine Brown are: 

Ann Oldham died in infancy. 

Mary Kavanaugh Oldham married Colonel 
(Governor) James P. Eagle of Arkansas. 

Burlington Oldham died in infancy. 

Margaret Oldham married John Doty, whose 
mother was Hanna^h Kavanaugh, daughter of 
Charles Kavanaugh and Peggy Warren, his 
wife. 

daughter died day after birth. 

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William Kavanaugh Oldham present (1908) 
Representative from Lonoke county, Arkan- 
sas, married Lillian jNIunroe. 

Kie Oldham present Senator from Pulaski 
county, Arkansas, (1908) married Caroline 
Weedon, niece Senator Petus, of Alabama, 
and daughter of Captain John Weedon, of 
Wabaseeka, Arkansas. 

Dr. Ira Brown Oldham married Mary New- 
land; lived in Muscogee, Oklahoma. 

Polly Kavanaugh's fifth son was: 

Thomas H. Oldham married Nancy E. Smith. 

Susan Kavanaugh Oldham daughter of Polly 
Kavanaugh and Hezekiah Oldham died in 
infancy. 

Hannah Woods Oldham sister to above 
married Hymanly Bush. 

Margaret Oldham married Anderson Chenault. 

Charles Kavanaugh Oldham married Susan C. 
Duncan. 



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Abner Oldham married Josephine Embry. 

Mary E. Oldham married Captain William 
Lipton. 

Hezekiah Oldham youngest and twelfth child 
of Polly Kavanaugh and Hezekiah Oldham, 
died in infancy. (See Addenda.) 

Annie Kavanaugh married Andrew Briscoe. 
They went to Lexington, Missouri. 



William Kavanaugh Hooker son of William 
Kavanaugh and Hannah Woods, his wife, 
married (1) Sallie Ferris. (2) Virginia 
Brown, (sister of wife of William Kavanaugh 
Oldham (I) (3) Irene Ferris. The children 
of William Kavanaugh Hocker and Virginia 
Brown, his wife, are: 

Fannie Hocker married Samuel Shanks. 

Nicholas Hocker died in early manhood. 

Mary B. Hocker married Samuel C. Roane. 

Nannie Hocker married Louis Sampson. 

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Lucy Hocker married Dr. P. Truehart. 

Virginia Hopker married Charles Becket. 

Miss Willie Kavanaugh Hocker. (See Ad- 
denda.) 



Sarah Ann Kavanaugh daughter of Charles 

(IT) Kavanaugh and Ann , his wife; 

married James Mills Moore. One daughter. 

Katurah Moore married Connelly. 

Katurah Moore Connelly, their daughter, 
married: 

Cortez Douglas Kavanaugh son of Charles 

Kavanaugh who married Frances ; to 

Tennessee, tfhence to Columbus, Ohio, later 
to Huntsville, Alabama. Their children 
were: 

Richard Parsons Kavanaugh, 
Silas Kavanaugh drowned in Mississippi river. 
Cortez Kavanaugh died in infancy. 
Margaret Kavanaugh. 

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Martha Kavanaugh. 

Maria Lou Kavanaugh. 

Ellen Kavanaugh. 

Sallie Pope Kavanaugh. 

Kate Kavanaugh Henderson lives in (1908) 
Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri. 



Richard Parsons Kavanaugh son of Cortez D. 
Kavanaugh and Katurah, his wife, married 
Sarah Talbot. Their children are: William 
K. Kavanaugh and Lewis Talbot Kavanaugh. 

William Kerr Kavanaugh married Edna Lee 
Boggs. Their children are: 

Virginia Kavanaugh (deceased). 

Josiah Boggs Kavanaugh. 

Sarah Talbot Kavanaugh. 

William Kerr Kavanaugh is at present 
(1908) connected with different commercial 
and manufacturing interests of St. Louis. He 
is president of the "Wiggins Ferry Com- 

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pany;" president of the "Southern Coal & 
Mining Company;" also president of the 
"Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water-Way" as- 
sociation, a volunteer organization composed 
of leading citizens of fourteen states, which 
has for its object the digging of a fourteen 
foot sihip canal from Chicago to the Gulf, 
utilizing the present Chicago drainage canal 
and the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. 

Lewis Talbot Kavanaugh son of Cortez D. 
Kavanaugh and Katurah, his w^ife, married 
Alice Delphine Markham. Their children 
are: 

Marian Russel Kavanaugh. 

Lewis Talbot Kavanaugh (II). 

Lewis Talbot Kavanaugh (I) is at present 
(1908) engaged in commercial and manu- 
facturing pursuits in Memphis, Tennessee. 
Is president and manager of "Kavanaugh 
Land Co." 

Philemon Kavanaugh son of William Woods 
Kavanaugh, married Margaret Palmer. He 

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was born in 1803, Their children are: 
Sophia E. Kavanaugh. 
John Kavanaugh. 
William Kavanaugh. 
Brunette Kavanaugh. 
*Delany Kavanaugh. 
Simira Kavanaugh. 

Amelia Kavanaugh. 

*Major Delany C. Kavanaugh married Kate 
Hartly Spam, He rose from the ranks to 
Major in the Civil War. He died in Stutt- 
gart, Arkansas, in 1903, and is buried in the 
"Officers Circle of Soldiers," National 
Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas, 

Simira Kavanaugh sister of Major Delany C. 
Kavanaugh, born in Madison county, Indiana, 
in 1844, married (1) Nathan Abrams; (2) 
Marion Wright. Their children are: 

Sallie Wright married Otis Smith, 

Sophia E. Kavanaugh Wright married Oliver 

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Lewis Bear. Their chiMren are: Mary- 
Jane, Irvin Haden, Oliver Franklin, Ella 
Florence, Hattie Brunette, Delany Kava- 
naugh, Abner Philemon, Sophia Elizabeth, 
Cora Cenesca. 

Oliver Franklin Bear married (1) Gertrude 
Knighton. Their children are: Oliver, 
Hov^ard, Mabel. (2) Henrietta Moore. Their 
children are: Robert, Henrietta and Alice. 

Mabel Bear married Charles Rosegate, in 1906; 
one daughter, Gertrude Victoria. 

Hattie Brunette Bear married George McKay. 
Their children are Brainard, Will, Hugh and 
Cleo. 

Delany Kavanaugh Bear married . Their 

children are: Marion, Joseph, Philemon, 

Cora Cenesca Bear married Scanland. 

Their children are: Frank, Owen, Imogene. 

Sophia Elizabeth Bear married August 25, 
1881, Reverend John F. Sherlock*. Their 
children: Anna Fowler, Sophia Elizabeth, 
Enoch Graham, Stella Leila, Haven Kava- 
naugh and Myra Margurite Barchalt Sherlock. 

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Sophia Elizabeth Sherlock married in 1905, 
Frank Bishop Benson. Their children are: 
Sophia Elizabeth Benson. 
John Charles Benson. 

*Reverend John F. Sherlock is a minister of 
M. E. Church in Indiana, and is a useful and 
much esteemed man in his community. His 
wife Sophia Elizabeth Bear is reliated througih 

- her grandmother Sophia EHzaibeth Clay, 
cousin of Henry Clay, to some of the best 
families in Kentucky. 

Williams Kavanaugh son of Philemon Kava- 
naugh and Mary Harrison, his wife, married 
Hannah Hubbard Hinde, daughter of Dr. 
Thomas Hinde and his wife, Mary Hubbard, 
daughter of an English merchant, Benjamin 
Hubbard. 

Dr. Thomas Hinde was born in Oxford- 
shire, England, 1734. He graduated in 
medicine and surgery in London, under the 
celebrated Dr. Brooks, of St. Thomas* 
Hospital, Dr. Brooks soon secured young 
Hinde a commission of surgeon's mate, in the 
British Navy, and he was sent into foreign 

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service. The fleet to which he was attached 
arrived in New York, June 14, 1757. 

He was with the squadron in 1757-1758. 
He was at the reduction of Louisberg, in 
1758. In 1759 <he was at the reduction of 
Quebec. He belonged to the vessel which 
General Wolfe left to go on shore to con- 
tend with MontcaLm on the Plains of 
Abraham. He dressed General Wolfe's 
woun^ds when he fell on that memorable 
occasion. He returned to England after the 
fall of Quebec and was at the reduction of 
Bellisle and was promoted to surgeon. 
After peace was concluded with France, 
went to Essex county, Virginia and began 
the practice of medicine. In 1767, September 
24th, Dr. Hinde married Mary Todd Hub- 
bard. Patrick Henry was a neighbor and 
Dr. Hinde was his family physician. Dr. 
Hinde was the friend of Lord Dunmor, as 
well as Patrick Plenry, and warmly espous- 
ing the American cause, he was apointed a 
surgeon of the army by the Governor of 
Virginia, in which position he served with- 

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out pay throughouit the Revolutionary war. 
At the close of t^he war he was presented 
with a land warrant to be located in lands 
in Kentucky, leaving a blank to be filled by 
Dr. Hinde himself. It was filled with 
twenty thousand acres and placed in the 
hands of Patrick Henry to locate. Mr. 
Henry only secured ten 'thousand acres. Dr. 
Hinde gave his nephew Hubbard Taylor, 
one-half of this to locate the lands, which he 
did between Winchester and Lexington, 
Kentucky — mostly in Clark coumty. 



"Williams Kavanaugh, who married Hannah 
Hubbard Hinde, son of Williams (I) Kava- 
naugh and Mary Harrison, was born August 
3, 1775, near the dividing line between Vir- 
ginia and the "District of Kentucky." He 
joined the Methodist ministry early in life, 
and was called the most gifted young 
preacher of the times the "Pere Hyacinthe" 
of the West. 

After his marriage he located and later 
entered the Episcopal ministry. He filled 

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several i'lnportant churches as rector, Lexing- 
ton, LouisvilLe and others. After a few years 
of marked usefulness in the Protestant 
Episcopal Ohurch he died in his thirty-fifth 
year, October 16, 1806. Their dhildren are: 

Hannah Hubbard Hinde, wife of Williams (II) 
Kavanaugh deserves an espeoiali veneration 
by her descendants. Left early a widow, 
she with rare intelJigence and far seeing 
wisdom directed by her Heavenly Father, to 
whom s'he appealed in every transac<tion in 
rearing her family, left an influence that is 
still being felt by her descendants. 

She was born in Hanover county, Virginia, 
March 6, 1777. 

Her family were not religious but at the 
age of twelfve years she joined the Methodist 
Church, and her religious convictions were 
so pronounced her mother too, became 
awakened, later her father Dr. Hinde, who 
had scoffed and fumed and thought his wife 
and daughter had lost their minds, came 
into the cihurch, and was indeed a power for 
good. 

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Thomas Williams Kavanaugh eldest son of 
Williams (II) Kavanaugh and Hannah Hub- 
bard Hinde, this wife, was born in Clark 
county, Kentucky, in 1799. At the age of 
fifteen he was employed as Deputy in the 
Clerk's office of the Court of Appeals of 
Kentucky. At the age of twenty-one, he was 
induced by some officers of the United 
States Army to apply for a commission in 
the army. He did so and it was granted with 
the commission of First Lieutenant of U. 
S. A. He rendered only three years service. 
His health failing he received a furlough, 
but only got to Frankfort, Kentucky, and 
died May 23, 1823. 

Leroy Harrison Kavarlaugh second son of 
Wiliams Kavanaugh and Hannah Hubbard 
Hinde, his wife. He was a worthy son of 
gifted parents and grandparents. But few 
men exerted a wider influence in the com- 
munity in which he lived than Leroy Kava- 
naugh. His character was marked by in- 
flexible integrity. He was a gifted minister 
of the Met^hodist Church, and his consecrated 

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life work was in some degree commemorated 
by a handsome monument erected by his 
neighbors in the Odd FelLows Cemetery, Mt. 
Carmel, Illinois. He married Rachel Martin, 
of Cliark county, Kentucky, in 1819. Their 
children are: 

Thomas W. Kavanaugh born in Clark County, 
Kentucky. 

Mary F. Kavanaugh born in Clark County, 
Kentucky. 

Elizabeth F. Kavanaugh born in Clark County, 
Kentucky. 

Margaret C. Kavanaugh born in Clark County, 
Kentucky. %« 

Sarah A. Kavanaugh born in Clark County, 
Kentucky. 

Benjamin Harrison Kavanaugh born in Wa- 
bash, Illinois. 

Williams V. Kavanaugh born in Wabash. 
Illinois. 

John D. Kavanaugh born in Wabash, Illinois. 

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Martha Kavanaugh born in Wabash, Illinois. 
The only surviving son (1908) is John D. 
Kavanaugh of Friendsville, Illinois. He has 
two daughters. 

The only surviving daughter of Leroy 
Kavanaugh and Rachel Martin, his wife is: 

Martha Kavanaugh Hadley, of Lynn, Massa- 
chusetts. 

Benjamin Kavanaugh was killed at Atlanta, 
Georgia, in 1864. 



Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh third son of 
Williams Kavanaugh and Hanna^h Hubbard 
Hinde, his wife, was born in Clark County, 
Kentucky, in 1802. He was a student of 
theology from an early age and impressed 
with a desire to uplift the race. He became 
a. minister of the Methodist Church in early 
manhood. He served the church with such 
diliigence, fervor and strengtth of intellect that 
raised him to the highest place in the gift 
of the church, he was made a member of the 
Cabinet of Bishops. He was Bishop forty 

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years, and presided over every Conference 
of the Soutihern States from time to time 
He was not only a bishop in the ecclesiastical 
sense but in an evangelical sense. Not in 
his whole life was there a breath of 
scandal against him. He was simple as a 
child, affectionate as a woman, accessible to 
all. He was no imperious prelate, repelling 
with imperial air the poor and humble. No 
one would say of him "On what meat doth 
this our Caesar feed that he has grown so 
great." He was broad minded, large heated, 
self forgetful. His consistent life, warm, 
genial disposition, unsurpassed eloquence 
won for him everywhere the warmest friend- 
ships, his very presence brought sunshine 
and happiness. One writing of him says: 
"When his eloquence caught fire flashing 
from planet to planet, from earth to heaven, 
his audiences were charmed by his power and 
thrilled by his wonderful flow of language as 
well as the beautiful images painted by his 
matchless speech." He had a national 
reputation for eloquence. It was a "two- 

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edged sword of heavenly temper keen." 

In the Autumn of 1883, Bishop Kavanaugh 
made his last visit to Versailles, Kentucky, a 
pi'ace ihe loved well where his first wife and 
all his children were buried. 

It is rather remarkable that Bishop Kava- 
naugh preached his last sermon in a Presby- 
terian church, that of Dr. Palmer, of New 
Orleans, but not surprising, he received 
much of his early reldgious training from 
Dr. Lyle a Presbyterian minister of Paris, 
Kentucky. He left New Orleans for Ocean 
Springs, Mardh, 1884, from thence to Colum- 
bus, Mississippi. He became quite ill here 
and on Wednesday, March 19, 1884, he 
breathed his last. 

Bishop Kavanaugh married (1) Mrs. Mar- 
garet Railey Green; to them were born six 
children all of whom died in infancy. (2) 
Mrs. Martha Richardson Lewis,* who was 
with 'him at time of his death. 

*The last wife of Bishop Kavanaugh died 
January 13, 1908, at the home of her grand- 
children in Pasadena, California, age 94 years. 

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Benjamin Taylor Kavanaugh, fourth son of 
Williams Kavanaugh and Hannah Hinde, his 
wife, was born in Jefiferson County, Ken- 
tucky, near Louisville, April 23, 1805. He had 
a varied business career. His inteWect was 
active and alert, making him seek many 
enterprises. He became a minister in early 
life in the Methodist Church, and preached 
the doctrine of that church throughout his 
life. He was sent by his church a Missionary 
•to the Sioux and Chippewa Indians in 1839. 
After his agency transpired he studied medi- 
cine and graduated in Indiana Asbury Uni- 
versity. He then practiced medicine six 
years in St. Louis. The St. Louis Christian 
Advocate was started at this time. Dr. 
Kavanaugh became its editor, at the same 
time holding a Professorship in the medical 
department in the University of Missouri. 

In 1861, he joined the Southern Army 
under General Price, and served as chaplain 
for two years. Afterwards he was appointed 
by Bishop Payne missionary for the army 

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and served also as surgeon and physician 
until the close of the war. 

In 1865, he was transferred to the Texas 
Conference and was elected to the chair of 
Moral Philosophy in Soule University; his 
son, Dr. Thomas H. Kavanaugh being 
Professor of Natural Science in the same 
institution. 

Dr. Kavanaugh was the author of several 
scientific works: His ''Electricity the Motor 
Power of ithe Solar System" and "The Great 
Central Valley of North America" published 
by order of the Smithsonian Institute. He 
was also author "Notes of a Western Ramb- 
ler." He died in 1886. 

Dr. Benjamin T. Kavanaugh was married 
twice: (1) Miss Margaret Lingenfeller, April 
3, 1827. To them were born: 

Mary Kavanaugh, married Mr. Mendenhall, of 
Houston, Texas. They have two children, 
William and Ada. 

Dr. Thomas H. Kavanaugh died of yellow 
fever in Chappell Hill, Texas, October 8, 
1867. 

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Julia Kavanaugh, died of same disease, October 
9, 1867. 

(2) wife of B. T. Kavanaugh, was Mrs. 
Sue Stith Barre, of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. 



Mary Kavanaugh only daughter of Williams 
Kavanaugh and Hannah Huhbard Hinde, his 
wife, was born in Clark County, Kentucky, 
November 16, 1803. Her educational ad- 
vantages were superior to most young ladies 
of 'that time, and her bright intellect re- 
sponded readily. She was a bright gifted 
girl; early became a member of the Metho- 
dist Church and wielded a power in it. She 
married Dr. John Challen in 1822, a young 
Englishman of good family of Lexington, 
Kentucky. They removed to Waverly, 
Illinois in 1830, where several of their 
children yet live (1908). Their children are 
as follows: 

Thomas Kavanaugh Challen son of Dr. John 
Challen and Mary Kavanaugh his wife, was 
drowned in Mississippi river. 

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Mary Elizabeth Challen married Dr. Eddings 
and reside in Portland, Oregon. Their 
children are, Mattie and George. 

Mattie Eddings married Theodore Godfrey 
and have six children: Augustine, Helen, 
Katherine, Margaret, Fred,\ George. 

George C. Eddings married Nellie Van Vleck; 
Have four children: Lucina, Carter, Ruth 
and Van. All live in California. 

Martha Challen daughter of Dr. John Challen 
amd Mary Kavanaugh, his wife, married 
David Boynton, of Chicago; had four 
children; Ailen (died aged 4), Horace, Dora, 
John. 

Horace Boynton married Mary L. Holmes: 
have six children: Mary, Julia, Elizabeth, 
Horace, Frederick and Henry. All live in 
Los Angeles, California. 

Dora Boynton married Sylvester Brown of 
Waverly, Illinois, now live in Kansas City; 
have three children: Albert, Georgina and 
Marie. 

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John Boynton died unmarried. 

Sallie Challen fifth child of Dr. Chullen aiic] 
Mary Kavanaugh his wife, died unmarried. 
She was the favorite niece of her uncle 
Bishop Kavanaugh. 

James Challen married Mollie Franklin. They 
went to California in 1854. "Their children 
are: John, Tunie, Tenie, Ernest and Victor. 
All married. 

Hannah Frances Challen daughter of Dr. 
John Challen and Mary Kavanaugh, his wife, 
married William Weakly Detheridge. Their 
children are: Josephine, Bessie, Anna Challen, 
Marian, Sallie Kavanaugh, Frances, Madge, 
Robert. 

Josephine Detheridge married Dr. Dick Blair. 
They have two sons: Carl and Eugene. 

Bessie Detheridge married Robert Hoyt; live 
in Concord, New Hampshire. No chilidren. 

Anna Challen Detheridge daughter of Dr. John 
Challen and Mary Kavanaugh, his wife, 

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married Eugene L. Trask; they have two 
children, Marian and Louise. Reside in 
Minneapolis. 

Marian Detheridge married Ira A. Grimes, of 
Springfield, Illinois. They have no children. 

Frances Detheridge married John Ritdhie, of 
Waverly, Illinois, now of Minneapolis. Their 
children are: Dorothy, Frederick, Robert. 

Madge Detheridge resides with her mother in 
Waverly, Illinois. Unmarried. 

Robert R. Detheridge only son, resides m 
Minneapolis. Unmarried. 

Joseph H. Challen son of Dr. Challen and 
Mary Kavanaugh, ihis wife, married Cornelia 
Peat. Their children: Charles, Mary and 
Frank. 

Charles Challen married Eva Park; live in 
Chicago. No children. 

Mary Challen married Arthur Jones, of Boston, 
now live in Minneapolis. Have five childicn, 
their names are: Gladys, Robert, Mary, 
Challen and Rollin. 

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Lucy Challen youngest child of Dr. John 
OhaHen and Mary Kavanaugh, his wife, 
married Reverend H. H. Kimball, of New- 
Hampshire; have three daughters, Alice, 
Jeanette and Gra'ce. Alice Kimball married 
Charles Stephens, of New York. Jeanette 
Kimble, unmarried. Grace Kimball married 
Charles Powel, lives near Concord, New 
Hampshire. 



Williams Barbour Kavanaugh youngest child 
of Williams Kavanaugh and Hannah Hinde, 
his wife, was born in Clark County, Ken- 
tucky, February 17, 1807, a few months 
after the death of his father. He became a 
member of the Methodist Church when a 
boy and began early to study for the ministry. 
He was ordained minister of itihat Church 
in 1837. He also, as was his brother Ben- 
jamin appointed missionary to the Sioux 
Indians, He asked to be located in 1849. 
Was readmitted to the Conference in 1856. 
Served six years as Presiding Elder. In 1876, 
he was transferred to Ivos Angeles Con- 

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ference, and served as Presiding Elder four 
years, then returned to Kentucky. He was 
a close reasoner and deep thinker; was 
author of several scientific papers on the 
"Power of Mind over Matter." His thought 
was in advance of the teaching of the day. 
Had he made science or literature a specialty, 
he would have made a name equal to the 
best. He was the peer of any of his gifted 
brothers, all four being of superior in- 
telilectual endowment. 

In 1831, on the 6th of November, he 
married Susan A. Evans, of Clark County, 
Kentucky; to them were born eleven sons, 
ten of whom grew to manhood. Tlheir 
names are: Peter Evans, Charles Williams, 
Hubbard Hinde, Robert Hord, Marcus, Syd- 
nor, Thomas, James, Joseph Louis, (died 
three years old) Richard, Edmund Taylor. 
Mrs. Susan E. Kavanaugh, accompanied by 
her youngest son, Edmond T., started to her 
home in Kentucky from a visit to California 
in ithe spring of 1883. In coming through 
the Rocky Mountains she was taken witih a 

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congestive chill. They left the train and 
went to a hotel in Council BJuflfs, Iowa, 
where she died in a few hours. Few there 
must be who receive such love and devotion 
as Mrs. Kavanaugh received' from her 
family and friends. A very superior, high 
type of woman. Her influence was far 
reaching and continues to this day. Her 
son brougibt her remains to her home bnd 
now rest in the family lot in Riverside 
Cemetery, in Falmouth, Ky. 

Peter Evans Kavanaugh son of Williams 
Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan Evans, his 
wife, married Mary Le Compte, daughter of 
Congressman Joseph Le Compte, of Frank- 
lin, County, Kentucky. 

Reverend Peter Kavanaugh early joined the 
Methodist ministry; he had a Collegiate 
Education, was deeply read in the literature 
of the times and was a man of force and 
character. He died in 1900, at his home in 
Franklin County, Kentucky. To him and 
Mary Le Compte, his wife, were born six 
children: Margaret, Martha, Elizabeth, ^ — — 

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— an infant (died), Luke, Joseph Le Compte. 

Margaret Kavanaugh the eldest daughter of 
Peter E. Kavanaugh and Mary Le Compte, 
married Bourbon Graves, of Franklin County. 
They have three children: Hattie, Ruth and 
Frank. 

Martha Kavanaugh married John Tobin, of 
Braxton, Kentucky. To them are born 
Mary K., Lucretia, Elizabeth, David and 
Charles. 

Elizabeth Kavanaugh married Allen Bright; 
reside at Taylorsville, Kentucky. Children: 
Ethel, Josephine and Allen Clark. 

Luke Kavanaugh eldest son of Peter E. Kava- 
naugh and Mary Le Compte, his wife, is 
farmer and stockman in Franklin County, 
Kentucky. Unmarried (1908). 

Joseph Le Compte Kavanaugh second son of 
Peter E. Kavanaugh and Mary Le Compte, 
his wife, married Pearl Smoot. Their 
children are: Mary Le Compte and Gaylie 
Smoot. 

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The children of Peter Evans Kavanaugh 
and his second wife, Miss Lawson, of Shelby 
County, Kentucky are: 

Barbour Kavanaugh, resides in New Mexico; 
married Miss Maud Crawley, of Henry 
County, Kentucky. 

John Lawson Kavanaugh, resides in New 
Mexico. Unmarried. 

Aileen Kavanaugh, resides with her sister, 
Mrs. John Tobin Braxton, Kentucky. Un- 
married. 

Charles Williams Kavanaugh second son of 
Williams Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan 
Evans, his wife; he practised law for many 
years in Newport, Kentucky; died unmarried, 
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Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh (II) third son of 
Williams Kavanaugh and Susan Evans, his 
wife, attended the University of Alabama, at 
beginning of Civil war, was ordained minister 
of the Methodist Church, South, entered the 
Confederate Army, was made Chaplain of 

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6th Kentucky Infantry, of the "Famous 
Orphan Brigade." In the history of the 
"Orphan Brigade" by Ed. Porter Thompson, 
a glowin eulogy is pronounced on the young 
Chaplain of ithe 6th Kentucky Infantry, 
Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh, Jr. 

After the war he cam to Kentucky and 
joined tihe Kentucky Conference. Later, 
General Fayette Hewett, his faithful friend, 
secured for him the appointment of Chap- 
lain in the Kentucky Penitentiary, which he 
retained the rest of his life. He was a man 
of sterling integrity of character, devoted to 
his life work, modest, unassuming. 

He married December 22, 1863, Anna M. 
Kimbrough, daughter of Marmaduke Kim- 
brough, a prominent planter, of Green 
County, Alabama. She was also kinswoman 
of General Marmaduke of Missouri. Their 
children are: Williams, Marmaduke, Emma, 
Frank, Charles Coburn, Susan, Josephine, 
Anna, (died in infancy). 

William Marmaduke Kavanaugh (I) son of 

Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh (II) and Anna 

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Kimbrough, his wife, was born in Green 
County, Alabama. His parents came to Ken- 
tucky in 1865. He graduated from Kentucky 
Military Institute in 1885; went immediately 
to Arkansas, w^as for ten years connected 
with the Arkansas Gazette in various posi- 
tions from that of reporter to editor and 
manager. He was sheriff and collector of 
Pulaski county, for four years; County and 
Probate Judge for four years. Is at present 
(1908) president of "Southern Trust Com- 
pany,'' of Little Rock; president of Southern 
Construction Company (owners of the first 
modern office building of Little Rock). Is 
interested in, and director of many of the 
large enterprises and corporations of the 
State. 

Judge Kavanaugh married Miss Ida Floyd, 
daughter of Judge W. W. Floyd. Mrs. W. 
M. Kavanaugh's father filled many im- 
portant offices in State affairs of Arkansas. 
He was a successful lawyer and Senator for 
years in the Legislature was three times 
Presidential Elector for the State at large; 

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was appointed by Secretary of War, Jefferson 
Davis as Examiner at West Point, and later 
to same office by his kinsman John B. Floyd, 
Secretary of War, under James Buchanan. 
The children of Williams Marmaduke Kava- 
naugh (I) and Ida Floyd, his wife, are: 

Williams Marmaduke Kavanaugh (II) 

Louise Floyd Kavanaugh. 

Frank Herbert Kavanaugh. 

Floyd Coburn Kavanaugh. 

Kathleen Kavanaugh. 

Emma Kavanaugh daughter of Hubbard Hinde 
Kavanaugh (II) and Anna Kimbrough, his 
wife, married Clarence Gayle of Frankfort, 
Kentucky. Their children are: Hubbard, 
George, Katherine, Coburn and Dorothy. 

Frank Kimbrough Kavanaugh second son of 
Hubbard H. Kavanaugh (II) and Anna Kim- 
brough, ibis wife, is State Librarian of Frank- 
fort, Kentucky. 

Charles Coburn Kavanaugh third son of Hub- 

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bard Hinde Kavanaugh (II) and Anna Kim- 
broiigh, his wife is Sheriff of Pulaski County, 
Arkansas. Is spoken of for Congressman for 
that District. Resides in Little Rock. 

Susan Kavanaugh daughter of Hubbard Hinde 
Kavanaugh (II) and Anna Kimbrough, his 
wife, married Earl Rogers. Their children 
are: Harry Kavanaug^h, Duane, Robert 
(deceased), Anna Petitt, Louise, Sarah 
Slack. 

Josephine Kavanaugh daughter of Hubbard 
Hinde Kavanaugh (II) and Anna Kimbrough, 
his wife, resides with her mother in Frank- 
fort, Kentucky. 

Robert Herd Kavanaugh fourth son of Wil- 
liams Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan Evans, 
his wife. He served in the Civil war, first 
as Lieutenant, afterwards as Captain. At 
Lookout Mountain is a tablet commemorat- 
ing his soldierly conduct. In appearance Ihe 
was an ideal soldier, tall and erect, with clear 
hazel eyes. He married in 1865, Margaret 
Nolin, of Pendleton County, Kentucky, 

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daughter of Samuel Nolin, a prominent 
citizen and successful farmer. To them 
were born: 

Ethel Kavanaugh, who married Oliver H. Daw- 
son of Humphrey, Arkansas. To them were 
born one child, but mother and child died at 
its birth. 

Horace Kavanaugh son of Robert Hord Kava- 
naugh and Margaret Nolin, his wife, lives in 
Pendleton County, Kentucky. 

Lawrence Kavanaugh son of Robert Hord 
Kavanaugh and Margaret Nolin, his wife, 
resides in Pendleton County, Kentucky. 

Robert Hord Kavanaugh (II) resides in 

Pendleton County, Kentucky, married 

has one little daughter. 

Miss Sue Kavanaugh daughter of Captain Hord 
Kavanaugh and Margaret Nolin, his wife, 
lives in Nashville, Tenn. 

Marcus Henry Kavanaugh fifth son of Williams 
Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan Evans, his 
wife, married Mary Margaret Poynter, 

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daughter of William Poynter of Montgomery 
County, Kentucky, and grand daughter of 
Jonathan Taylor of Winchester, Kentucky, 
and great grand daughter of John Baker, 
founder of Winchester, Kentucky. To them 
were born two sons: 

Hubbard Southgate Kavanaugh (died aged 
seven years). 

William Poynter Kavanaugh resides at Fal- 
mouth, Kentucky, 

John Sydnor Kavanaugh sixth son of Williams 
Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan Evans, his 
wife, married Elizabeth Applegate, daughter 
of the late James Applegate one of the most 
influential citizens and Largest land owners 
of Pendleton County, Kentucky. To them 
were born five daughters and one son, they 
are: 

Mary Kavanaugh resides at Globe, Arizona. 

Anna Kavanaugh married Will Bond, Fort 
Thomas, Kentucky. 

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Judith Kavanaugh married Frank Carlock. 
They reside at Globe, Arizona. 

Katherine Kavanaugh, artist, resides with 
father, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, Studio in 
Cincinnati. 

Susan Kavanaugh resides with father at Fort 
Thomas, Kentucky. 

James Kavanaugh died in infancy. 

The mother died when the eldest child was 
twelve years old. 

Thomas S. Kavanaugh seventh son of Williams 
Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan Evans, his 
wife, married Anna Taylor Poynter, daughter 
of William Poynter, of Ky., and Mary Berry 
Taylor, daughter of Jonathan Taylor, of 
Winchester, Kentucky, and Nancy Baker, 
his wife; Jonathan Taylor was first cousin 
to Zachary Taylor, President of United 
States. Both were descendants of "James 
Taylor, Gentleman," who in 1660 came to 
Virginia from Carlisle, Engliand, bringing 
a number of bondsmen to the Colonists. 

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For this service he was granted 10,000 
acres of land. He grew very rich and 
lived to a great age. His son James Taylor 
had eleven sons; ten of whom served in the 
Revolutionary war. Seven of 'the sons were 
officers. From this fact the descendants are 
entitled to membership in the "Sons" and 
"Daughters of the Revolution." From this 
"James Taylor, Gentleman," of Carlisle, 
England, are descended four Presidents; 
Madison, Taylor and 'the two Harrisons. 

Williams Kavanaugh (I) married Mary Har- 
rison, of the same family. 

General James Taylor and Colonelt James 
Taylor, of Newport, Kentucky and their 
descendants are of this family, also the Tay- 
lor-Malory's of Oldham, Mrs. Persia Davis, 
of Shebby, and all the sons and daughters of 
the late F. C. Taylor, of Oldham and Trimble 
County, Kentucky; also the late Dr. Mark 
Poynter, of Midway, Kentucky, and Edwin 
Harrison Poynter, lost on the Robert E. 
Lee, that burned below Vicksburg, in 1882; 
also E. M. Kavanaugh, of Pine Bluflf, Arkan- 

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sas; Will P. Kavanaugh, of Falmouth, Ken- 
tucky; the late John M. Taylor and de- 
scendants, Jonathan Gibson Taylor and de- 
scendants, Mrs. Mildred Taylor Bradford, 
and daughters, Mrs. Dillard Houston Saun- 
ders, all of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 

William Poynter who married Mary Berry 
Taylior, married some years after her death, 
her cousin Elizabeth Evans, daughter of 
Paul Evans and Polly Combs, his wife, first 
cousin of General Leslie Combs. To them 
was born one son: 

Henry Clay Poynter, he married Mary Martin, 
daughter of Jesse Martin, of Woodford 
County, Kentucky, and sister of Hon. Henry 
Iv. Martin. To them was born one daughter: 

Margaret Elizabeth Poynter. They reside in 

. Woodford County, Kentucky. 

The dhildren of Thomas S. Kavanaugh and 
Anna Taylor Poynter, his wife, are: 

Edwin Mark Kavanaugh and Klara Z. Kava- 
naugh, died in 1904. 

Edwin Mark Kavanaugh married Ida Lee 

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Bunn, daughter of Dr. Dudley Bunn, of 
Alabama, in 1903. Their children are: 

Vivian Kavanaugh. 

Carol Kavanaugh. 

Twin babies, son and daughter. 
They reside in Pine Blufif, Arkansas. 

James Barbour Kavanaugh eighth son of 
Williams Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan 
Evans, his wife, died at the residence of his 
father near Falmouth, Kentucky, in the 
twenty-first year of his life. He was a 
student of law, had a quick, keen mind and 
gave great promise of being distinguished in 
his profession. He was greatly beloved by 
all his family. 

Richard Watson Kavanaugh ninth son of Wil- 
liams Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan Evans, 
his wife, married Lilla Richardson, niece of 
Bishop Kavanaugh's second wife. To them 
were born two daughters: 

Travis Kavanaugh. 

Lilla Kavanaugh. Both reside with their mother 

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in LouisviMe, Kentucky. The father died 
when the daughters were quite young. 

Joseph Louis Kavanaugh tenth son of Williams 
Barbour Kavanaugh, died in infancy. 

Edmund Taylor Kavanaugh eleventh son of 
Williams Barbour Kavanaugh and Susan 
Evans, his wife, married Martha M'cClan- 
nahan, eldest child of Augustus McClan- 
nahan, of Pendleton County, Kentucky. To 
-them are born two dhildren: 

Hiram Barton Kavanaugh. 

Mary Evans Kavanaugh. 

They reside with their parents, near Fal- 
mouth, Kentucky. 



According to "Connellan's Tribal History of 
Ireland" the nation was originally made up of 
four distinct clans, one, afterwards the Kava- 
naugh clan, came from Greece in the second 
century, A. D. 

This Greek clan preserved its organization, 
governed by its own princes. In the eleventh 
century, Dermot the 58tih King of Leinster, of 

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i. The House of Kavanaiigh. 

this Greek clan had a son Donald who was 
educated in the school of Kilkavan; he in turn 
became king of Leinster, and from the date 
of his being fostered at Kilkavan took the 
sirname Kavanaugh; the "agh" meaning "of" 
in their language — His descendants thereafter 
bore the cognomen Kavanaugh and have always 
been patrons of learning; the name has al- 
ways been synomymous with integrity of 
character and firmness of purpose. 

When in 1688 William of Orange established 
himself on the throne of England, James II 
fled to France. Among his adherents were 
several prominent Irish families. Sir Moroch 
Kavanaugh, who was a direct descendant of a 
King of Leinster, and shis sons of Clonmollen 
County, Carliow and the Garryhill family of 
Arthur Moroch being deprived of their estates, 
took refuge in France. 

From these two families come two sons the 
best product of the name: 

Louis Eugene Cavaignae (Kavanaugh) of 
France, and Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh of 
United States. Both were born in 1802. 

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The House of Kavanaugh. 

Louis Eugene Kavanaugh was the son of 
John Kavanaugh of the Garyihill family, John 
Kavanaugh was one of the Deputies of the 
Conventions during the Revolution of France 
in 1793. His son Louis Eugene received a 
'thorough technical and military education; \he 
filled various important offices in the Govern- 
m.ent and army of France. It is written of 
him: "France may justly boast of her many 
great men, but no man of the 19th century 
enjoyed greater distinction than did General 
Louis Eugene Kavanaugh." He received one 
and one-half millions of votes for the Presi- 
dency of France. He died in 1867. 

(Quoted from Chicago Tribune, of February 
26, 1908.) 



Walter McMorogh Kavanaugh better known 
as the "Kavanaugh of Borris," who has just 
been elected without opposition to Parliament 
as member from County Carlow, on the 
Nationalist ticket is blind and his infirmity 
serves to recall the fact, that his father the 
Right Honorable Arthur McMurrogh Kava- 
naugh (who is No. 134 of the Kavanaugh No. 1 

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Pedigree of the Lords of Leinster) was born 
virtually without arms or legs of which he 
possessed nothing, but the merest rudiments. 
Enjoying the same race privilege as that 
accorded in the House of Lords to the late 
Marquis of Waterford who shockingly crippled 
by a hunting field accident, was permitted to 
remain seated when delivering any speech. 
Arthur Kavanaugh was allowed the same 
privilege. The way he triumphed over his 
physical defects was amazing. Strapped to a 
chair saddle, with the reins fastened to the 
stumps of his arms he could manage his horse 
with the utmost ease, and rode to ihounds as 
bold as any in the field. 

He could fish, draw and paint, could write 
legibly, was a great traveller, an accomplisihed 
linguist, a most efficient magistrate and Lieu- 
tenant High Sheriff for his county and a 
popular landlord of one of the largest estates 
in Ireland. He married the beautiful daughter 
of Colonel J. S. Howard of Balinna Park, 
County Wicklow and had a large family of 
children, the eldest of whom is the new 

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Nationalist member from County Carlow. 
Another son, Colonel Kavanaugh, commands 
the "King's Own" regiment of the Tenth 
Hussars and greatly distinguished himself in the 
South African War. 

A daughter of the late Arthur Kavanaugh, 
who inherited all her mother's loveWness 
married the son of dear old Dr. Alexander, 
Protestant Archbishop of Armagh and Primate 
of Ireland. The Kavanaughs are descended in 
a direct line from that famous king of Leinster 
who figured so prominently in the first rela- 
tions between England and Ireland. 

In fact it was this Dermot Kavanaugh, King 
of Leinster, ancestor of the Kavanaugh's who 
having been deprived of his throne for tyranny 
appealed for help to the King of England and 
thus brought about the invasion of Ireland by 
the English, and they have remained there ever 



since. 



Walter McMurough Kavanaugh his lineal 
descendant is a recent convert to Home Rule 
and committed to a policy which has for i^s 

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object the expulsion of the English from the 
Emerald Isle. 

He is extremely popular not only in County 
Carlow, but throughout Ireland. 



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. [From IV. H. Miller's History by permission. ) 



Leneis Davis Yancy, wilio married Mildned 
Kavanaugh, daughter of Charles, eldest son of 
Philemon (I) Kavanaugh was descended from 
one of fine Wekhman, John, Charles William 
Joel and Robert Nancy, who came to Virginia 
with Sir William Berkeley, afterwards Gover- 
nor. Captain James Yancy, Lieutenant Layton 
Yancy, served in the Revolutionary War. Major 
Charles Yancy, Colonel Wililiam B. Yancy, in 
war of 1812. The descendants of Leneis Davis 
Yancy are found in the families Goodloes, 
Earles of Georgia, Doggett of North Caro- 
lina, Menifees of Kentucky, and many other 
prominent families. 

James William Yancy, great grandson of 
Mildred Kavanaugh, is now living on the an- 
cestral estate, Arlington, Culpepper County, 
Virginia, that she received from her father, 
Charles (I) Kavanaug*h. The estate has never 
been out of the Yancy family. 

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The House of Kavanaugh. 

Philemon (II) Kavanaugh, son of Phikmon 
(I) married Ann Williams of Wales, a lady of 
fine intellectual endowments. He died in 1764, 
in Culpepper County, Virginia. Their de- 
scendants are connected with many families of 
Virginia and Kentucky. 

Nicholas Kavanaugh a son of William Kava- 
naugh and Hannah W^oods, his wife, was 
born in Madison County, Kentucky. He 
married Jane Wallace and later moved his 
family to Missouri. On one occasion he was 
Captured by the Indians, and held captive 
some time, and made to run the gauntlet, 
which he did and knocked some of the 
savages down, securing his liberty. He was a 
soldier of the war of 1812. He had two 
children mentioned in their grandfather Wil- 
liams Kavanaugh's will but their names are 
not given. Their names are supposed to be 
from some circumstances Malcom and 
Nancy. 

William V/oods Kavanaugh who married 
Elizabeth Miller daughter of Captain John 



The House of Kavanaugh, 

Miller, was known as "Big Bill Kavanaugh." 
It has been stated by members of his 
family that his father Philemon was killed 
by Indians on the Wilderness Road from 
Virginia to Kentu'cky. He was born in Cult- 
pepper County, Virginia and came to Ken- 
tucky prior to 1787. On December 14, 1814, 
he was drowned whilst attempting to cross 
the Tennessee river swollen by heavy rains, 
by swimming his horse across. His de- 
scendants are of the Dennys, Millers, Argos 
Chenalts and others. 

Jane Miller Kavanaugh a daughter of William 
Woods Kavanaugh married John Faulkner, 
of Garrard County, and her daughter, Mar- 
garet Faulkner, married first, William White 
and second, Reverend Robert J. Brecken- 
ridge. 

Archibald Woods Kavanaugh son of William 
Woods Kavanaugh was an influential citizen 
of Garrard County, Kentucky; he married 
Dorcas Lackey — Children: 

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William Kavanaugh — his children, John and 
Jennie. 

Archibald, married Edna Francis. Their 
children: Edna, Martha, Joe, William, Wal- 
ker and Benjamin. 

Lizzie Kavanaugh daughter of Archibald 
Woods Kavanaugh, married John Lewis 
Francis and reside near Richmond, Kentucky. 
Their children are: Archibald K. Francis 
and J. Lewis Francis. 

Amelia Kavanaugh daughter of Archibald 
Woods Kavanaugh, living with her sister, 
Mrs. J. Lewis Francis; unmarried. 

Mattie Kavanaugh, sister to the above married 
Daniel M. Terrill. She is a widow and lives 
in Richmond, Kentucky. 

Susan Kavanaugh married Benjamin F. Level. 
Children are: 

William Kavanaugh Level. 

John Y. Level. 

Dorcas K. Level. 

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Benjamin F. Level. 
Archibald K. Level. 

Dulany Kavanaugh son of Ardhibald Woods 

Kavanaugh, died single. 

(Addenda.) 

A daughter of Jane Miller Kavanaugh (who 
married 1st, John Faulkner; 2d. Reverend 

Robert J. Breckenridge) 3d White, had 

one daughter, Jennie White, who married 
John Duncan Goodloe. Their children are: 
George W. Goodloe, Paul Goodloe, John Good- 
loe, Jane Goodloe. 



The descendants of Susan Kavanaugh and 
Isaac Duncan, are Philemon Duncan, Browning 
Duncan, Archibald Kavanaugh Duncan, Brutus 
Kavanaugh Duncan, Chenault Kavanaugh Dun- 
can, Helen Ellis Duncan, Archibald Cravens 
Chenault. 

- Susan Kavanaugh Duncan married her 
cousin, Charles Kavanaugh Oldham. 

Nicholas Hocker, died in 1843. 

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William Kavanaugh Hocker married (1) Sallie 
Ferris, (2) Virginia Brown (Sister of Wil- 
liam Kavanaugih OMham). (3) Irene Ferris. 

Martha Ann Hocker married William Lackey. 
Lived and died in Stanford, Kentucky. 

Mary Jane ^Hocker married Colonel Thomas 
Woods Miller. 

Robert Harris Hocker died in 1843. 

Jael V/oods Hocker married (1) Joel Gentry. 
(2) Richard Gentry. 

WilHams Kavanaugh Oldham, William Kava- 
naugh Doty, William Kavanaugh Hocker, 
I\Iary Olidham Chenault are descendants of 
William Kavanaugh and Hannah Woods, his 
wife. 

Philemon Kavanaugh married Elizabeth 
Woods in Virginia and came to Kentucky, in 
1787. 

Their dhildren are: William Woods Kava- 
naugh and Ann Kavanaugh; tilieir father dying, 
these children were under the guardianship of 
their uncle Archibald Woods. Their descend- 

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ants are connected with the families by inter- 
marriage of the Embrys, Dudleys, Hamptons, 
Hoods, Gilberts, Dotys and many others of 
Kentucky. 



Mary Kavanaugh, sister of Philemon and 
daughter of Charles (11) Kavanaugh and Ann 

, his wife, married Joseph Ellison, came 

from Culpepper County, Virginia, to Madison 
County, Kentucky. Their descendants are con- 
nected by inter-marriage with the Hockers, 
Broadus, Bush, Dejarmell, Trueheart, Simpson, 
Gentry, Becket and other families. 

Russel Kavanaugh son of William Kavanaugh 
and Elizabeth Freeman died unmarried. 

George Breckenridge Kavanaugh, brother of 
the above, died unmarried in early manhood. 

John Anderson Kavanaugh married . 

No children. 

Susan Adela Kavanaugh sister to the above 
married William Whittington. 

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Arminta Kavanaugh daughter of William and 
Betsy Freeman Kavanaugh. 

Charles Nicholas Kavanaugh married Lucy 
Emrin lyilkrd. Their children: 

Mary, died in infancy. 

Aileen Kavanaugh married Dr. J. W. Gilbert, 
of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Their children 
are: 

Emrin Gilbert. 

William Kavanaugh Gilbert, died aged sixteen. 

Dr. John Whittington Gilbert. 

George Hubbard Gilbert. 

Robert Gilbert, died in infancy. 

James Freeman Gilbert. 

Ann Kavanaugh married Benjamin Estill. 
She was daughter of Philemon (II) and sister 
of William Woods Kavanaugh — Her descend- 
ants are among the families of McRherson 
Timbefliake, Mullens, Cobb and others. She 
was married on the 12th day of June, 1794, in 
Madison County, Kentucky. 

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William Kavanaugh son of William Kavanaugh 
and Hannah Woods, married Betsy Freeman. 
Their daughters, Ann Maria Kavanaugh 
married William Whittington, their chi'ltdren 
are: Paul and Silas, both died in infancy. 

Honorable George W. Kavanaugh son of Wil- 
liam Kavanaugh and Betsy Freeman was 
Judge of Anderson County Court and served 
in the Anderson County Legislature several 
terms. He married Mrs. Russell Wills. Their 
children are: 

Caroline Kavanaugh, died unmarried. 

Elizabeth Kavanaugh married George Phillips, 
of Lebanon, Kentucky. She now lives in 
New York city, and has one son, Roy 
PhilHps. 

Dr. Charles Williams Kavanaugh married (1) 
Susan Mary Mullins. Their children are: 

Charles Nicholas Kavanaugh. 

Second wife Rhoda Caldwell. Their children 

Aileen Gilbert Kavanaugh. 

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Lucy Emrin Kavanaugh. 
Hubbard Hinde Kavanaugh died in infancy. 

Thomas Archibald Kavanaugh. Left no 
•children. 

Dandridge Whitfield Kavanaugh married Har- 
riet Taylior. Their children are: 

Mary Edna Kavanaugh, died in infancy. 

Ann Elizabeth Kavanaugh, died in infancy. 

Dandridge Whitfield Kavanaugh, died un- 
married. 

Charles Kavanaugh who married Peggy 
Warren, have among their descendants the 
Dotys, Manpins and others. He was a soldier 
of war of 1812. His son Archibald Woods Kava- 
naugh was in the Civil War. The children 
of the latter are: 

Nannie Kavanaugh married Volsug J. Doty. 

Maggie Kavanaugh married Ben Lessert. Their 
children are: Willie, Wade, Susie, Fay, 

Clemmie, Harry and Lessert — Live in 

Indian Territory. 

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Mary Kavanaugh married Thomas J. Doty, her 
first cousin. Their children are: Lizzie and 
'Archibald Doty. 

Ophelia Kavanaugh married Thomas J. Doty, 
formerly husband of her sister Mary. No 
children. 

Jennie Kavanaugh married Samuel Wald- 
schmidt — Children: Sallie, Bena, Margaret, 
Frank. Live in Kansas. 

Charles Kavanaugh, Jr., married Dana Stagnor. 
Their children are: Archibald and Annie. 

William Kavanaugh married Dana the widow 
of his brother Charles. They live in Kansas. 
No children. 

John Kavanaugh. 

Humphrey Kavanaugh son of Charles Kava- 
naugh and Peggy Warren was born in Madi- 
son County, Kentucky. He never married. 
At the close of the Civil War he was severely 
wounded in the fight of a faction in the town 
of Richmond, Kentucky, in which nephew 

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The House of Kavanaugh. 

Azariah Doty was killed. He was moved to 
the house of a tenant of his father's and one 
night whilst sitting propped up in bed in front 
of a window, a fatal shot fired through the 
window by an unknown assassin ended his 
life. He was a soldier of the Mexican War. 



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The Kavanaughs in the various wars of 
United States of America. 



War of 1812. 



Archibald Kavanaugh, Madison County, Ken- 
tucky. 

Charles Kavanaugh, Madison County, Ken- 
tucky. 

Nicholas Kavanaugh, Madison County, Ken- 
tucky. 

Philemon Kavanaugh, Madison County, Ken- 
tucky. 

Lieutenant Thomas W. Kavanaugh, Kentucky. 



Mexican War. 



Humphrey Kavanaugh, Madison County, Ken- 
tucky. 

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Civil War. 



{Federal Army.) 



Major Delany Kavanaugh Stuttgart, Arkansas. 



( Cofifederate Army. ) 



Reverend Ben Taylor Kavanaugh, Chaplain 
and Surgeon. 

Reverend Hubbard Hin'de Kavanaugh, Chap- 
lain, Kentucky. 

Lieutenant Robert Hord Kavanaugh, Ken- 
tucky. 



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Explanatory Note. 



There are many Cavanaghs in America of 
the CathoHc faith. They are from the peas- 
antry of County Cavan, Ireland, which is not 
one of the twelve counties that formed the 
principality of Leinster, which was under the 
rule of the same clan that came from Greece 
in the second, century. It was always a 
Protestant clan. The last Prince of Leinster, 
died in 1417, Arthur Oge. His eldest son, 
Gerald is the ancestor of the Sir Moroch 
Kavanaugh, whose son Philemon is the head 
of the American branch. 




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